Automobile-fender.



G. KAWASAKI;

AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19. I91?- 1 519,523. Patented Mar. 19, 1918 4 IEB .Ez'gJL F* 9g 7 9% 7 5 E w 41 is 11? a G030 KAWASAKI. OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. the 1 .918

Application filed July 19, 1917. Serial No. 181,451.

'1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Gone Kauxxsanr, a subject of the Emperor of Japan,and a residentof the city' of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomobile-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin vehicle"fendei 's, and has forits object, the production offa device of this character which will e ofdurable and economical construction, one which may be readily and easilyattached or detached, and one which will be highly etiicient in use.

- Other objects will appear hereihafter.

The invention consists in the combinations'and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which, 1

Figure'l is a top plan view of the front end portion of a conventionalvehicle. dia graunna't iczlly illustrated, towhich is attached a fenderembodying the invention,

Fig. 2, a section taken on line of Fig. 3, an enlarged section taken online 3,3 of Fig. 1,

Figjg'an enlarged section taken on line of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5, ail-enlarged section taken on line 55 of Fig. c

The preferred foin of construction, as illustrated in the drawings,comprises a pair of clamping devices whereby the fender may be attachedto the front axle 6 of the vehicle in connection with which the fender.is em ployed. Each of these devices comprises two angularly formedclamping members 7 and 8, the member 7 having elongated slots forengagement with the ends of the member- 8 which project therethrough..The elongated slots of course permit of adjustment of the clamp; tovarious sizes of axles. Said clamping devices are locked in clampingrelation by-means of nuts 9.

.The clamp members 7 project forwardly and are pivotally connected attheir outer ends, as at 10, with the ends of a substantially U-shapedsupporting member or lever 11 preferably of strap or band iron. In orderto permit of adjustment of the axis of oscillation of the member 11, theforward Fig. 1.

ends of the clamp members '7 are formedwith pluralities of spacedperforations 12,

and the adjacent ends of the member 11 are formed with 'pluralities ofspaced perforations'13, as clearly seen in Fig. These perforationspermit .of the shifting of the pivot members '10 which may be engagedwith any of said perforations. The rearward ends of member 11 are formedat their upper edges with outwardly projecting ears ll, as clearly seenin Figs. 1 andfi, which serve as stops to limit outward swinging of themember 11. 1

At the outer end of the member 11 is carstantially rectangular form, thesame being formed of a pipe or heavy bar bent into this form, the ends Iof the pipe being spaced .ip'art to receive the sides of the member 11between the same. The bight or front portion. of the member 11 isvertically enlarged and curved to fit the frame 15fsaid portion beingsecurely fastened to said frame by a The ends of the screw 17. as seenin Fig. 3. frame 15 are rigidly connected by means of ried the body ofthe fender which is of suba link or bar 18 the reduced ends of whichpass through openings provided in the sides of the member 11 and beingthreaded into the ends of frame member 15 as illustrated in Fig. 4. Theframe is further reinforced by a centrally positioned longitudinallyextending bar 19' which is connected at its ends with't-he respectiveends of frame 15, the central portion of the member .19 passing throughthe sides of member 11, as seen in In order to prevent injury to theperson or object struck by the fender, the frame member 15 is preferablyincased or 'inclosed in a covering 20 of a resilient or cushioningmaterial, rubber hose being preferably used for this purpose.

The fender is normally held in elevated position by means of two helicaltension fit? psi

v vehi 1e vto ,asudden' stop. At the same-time fender frame in eitherelevated or depressed position. The ends .of the clamp members 8 engagedby the springs are of considerable 'len'gth'and formed with anumber'ofspaced notches or openings for'engagement'with the'sprlngs,which permit of adjustment of the position-of the springs relativeto,'the

axis of oscillation of-the fender. frame.

VYhen 'thesfender frame i -"i1 11,dep'ressed fl-pos-itiom'jtlfe 'samestrikes the front Wheels 22 .0f the vehicle, against .tvhich" the fenderframe will be pressed by the springs 21. This pressure-upon the'Wlieel's 0f the vehicle" will have the action. of applying [a brakthereto, thus aidingin bringing the the v fen-der frame rocks.downwardly. Ito a I position Whicli'vthe sar'nenofi'ers. a better guardfor vhe vehicle wheels At the points of engaga ment of the f'enderframewith the wheels, 1" llens"23 are preferably provided.

\Vhile I hau'eillustrated and described" the preferred fo'i'm, ofconstruction for carrying my invention int-o effect this 'is 25 I Iout'dep'arting from the spirit of,the 1nve'nto the precise de capable ofvariation and modification Withtion. I; therefordldo not wish to .be 1inited ails of construction set forth, but. desire to avail; myself' of.gsuch ivariations and modificatlons as come W thin the scopeoftheappended claims.

Having'described my invention, what I claim as new and desire-to secureby Letters Patent is:

, 1. The combination with; a .Vehicle, of a fender thereforcomprising'aframe connected with the vehicle for swinging on a horizontal axlis;heliczil tension springs co- T operating xiith said, framefor'holdingt-he same in either elevated or lo 'rered position, saidsprings, in the swlnging of said frame,

' being" arranged to shift from oiieside of scribed.

said a'xisto the -other; and means for'shift-,

lingconnection's of said springs whereby the positions of the latterrelative-to-said frame axis may be adjusted, substantially .as d e-2.'The combination With a vehicle, ofa fender therefor comprising aframe; means" .for connecting 'said'frame Withthe vehicle for verticalswinging, said means" compris-,

ing a clamp'having. twointe'rl'ocking menibersada'pted to embrace astationary sup? porting ,portionof the vehicle, one of said clampmembers projecting foilwardly for pivotal connection with the fenderframe and thevother of said clamp members pro jecting upwardly and. 1' aspring connected connecting means, said U-shaped member being connectedat its 'bight yvith one side of said frame, the ends ofsaid-'frame'termina'ting internie'z diate the cnds of the sides of saidmember and a link connecting the ends of said frame and serving tosecin'e. the same to. the sides of said U-shaped member, substantiallyas, described.

ln-testinionj whereof I have signed. my

'iIlllHEh'iO' this specification in the presence of two subscribingWitnesses.-

GORO ll'it'ness'es JOSHUA H; Porrs,

T HEn'EsIA' M. Mt' LLEn.

KAWASAKI.

